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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]what's wrong with statins.  In my experience anyone who is ranting about statins is an uninformed dotard or some "big pharma" conspiracy theorist.[/quote]

I’m the PP who mentioned statins. There is nothing wrong with them if you really need them. It seems like a lot of people need them though. So, I wonder if there is a way to not need them.[/quote]

Well, yes, if we changed the standard American diet, many people would not need statins. But people either don't want to or are unable to do so.[/quote]
We would still need statins because it is much more complex than diet. 
When I was a child,  most men in my neighborhood had a heart attack by the age of 60. They all had bypasses, with issues afterward and many, if didn't drop dead ftom the first heart attack, they did on the second one.  There was, also at that time, lots of grandmothers  and great aunts and hardly any grandfathers or grand uncles. 
Food plays a role, but it’s about many other factors. [/quote]

This is true. A lot of my friends’ dads died of heart attacks. They seemed old at the time, but many were in their 40s and early 50s. [/quote]
What’s true? Our food is killing us?[/quote]

That men used to be a lot more likely to drop dead suddenly. Some of the dads I knew as a kid that this happened to were unhealthy, but not all. [/quote]

Men have always been overworked. 97% of workplace deaths are male. It's not just the hazards but the abuse on the body that takes a toll traditionally. Office jobs are easy now physyically, but take a toll on the cardiovascular system and overall nerve/spinal health, as well as the brain especially.

Most men, and women, used to smoke a couple packs of cigs a day also, and drink around 5-10 drinks a day. That certainly takes a toll.
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